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fields and machinery of various kinds. To the west 

 of the county flows the water of Endrick, with the Blane 

 its tributary, which falls into Loch Lomond, and is well 

 filled with trout and roach. The scenery on its banks 

 is highly romantic. Kelvin Water, with Allander, 

 border Stirlingshire, but are not possessed of any great 

 attractions to the angler: Avon also divides it from 

 West Lothian on the south-east. A few small lochs 

 are to be met with, but none of any note or interest. 

 Stirlingshire and its angling districts are of easy access, 

 and inns are plentifully scattered about the county. 



PERTHSHIRE. 



To the angler, Perthshire offers a choice field, if we 

 may so call it, for the exercise of his art. Its rivers 

 and lochs are numerous, of various dimensions, and 

 well stored with trout, salmon, pike, and perch. The 

 inns and fishing stations are generally good and accom- 

 modating. The principal river in this county is the 

 Tay, a noble salmon stream : its many fisheries, how- 

 ever, confine the use of the rod to the most rapid parts, 

 which cannot be approached with the net. The Linn 

 of Campsie, betwixt Perth and Dunkeld, and the stretch 

 of water running from Loch Tay towards Aberfeldy, 

 are undoubtedly the best resorts for the angler. The 

 chief tributaries of Tay are the Earn, Almond, Ordie, 

 Islay, Bran, Tummel, and Lyon Water. The Earn 

 is a favourite stream with the sea trout and grilses : it 

 runs in general somewhat sluggishly, and contains 

 numbers of pike. Its sources are the May, a first-rate 

 angling burn, the Machony, the Turit, and the Rochil 

 the last, passing through Glenartney, is much fre- 

 quented by the smaller sort of sea trout, or whitlings, 

 during the months of July and August. Almond, which 

 falls into Tay immediately above Perth, flows in the 



